Molecular epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni populations in dairy cattle, wildlife, and the environment in a farmland area

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 5130-5138

  Kwan, Patrick S L ^a   Barrigas, Mishele ^f   Bolton, Frederick J ^b   French, Nigel P ^e   Gowland, Peter ^f   Kemp, Richard ^c   Leatherbarrow, Howard ^c   Upton, Mathew ^a   Fox, Andrew J ^b,d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^f STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

HEALTH;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HOMINID; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; WILD POPULATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE; GENOTYPE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; ST 21 GENE; ST 45 GENE; ST 61 GENE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIRDS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; RABBITS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 50049088276     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02198-07     Document Type: Article

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